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Study shows how chemicals cause complex cell mutations

Study shows how chemicals cause complex cell mutations

Fresh insights into why some harmful substances are so efficient at causing cancer could aid the quest for better treatments.

25 Jun 2020

Diversity of plant cell gatekeepers could be key to develop crops with bigger yields

Diversity of plant cell gatekeepers could be key to develop crops with bigger yields

Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic in and out of plant cells works, which researchers believe is key to develop food crops with bigger yields and greater ability to cope with extreme environments.

12 Jun 2020

DNA damage and repair jointly shape mutational signatures

DNA damage and repair jointly shape mutational signatures

A collaborative project between the Center for Genome Integrity, within the Institute for Basic Science, and the Dundee School of Life Sciences, the EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have screened almost 163,000 DNA mutations in 2,700 C. elegans roundworms to shed light on DNA damage.

9 Jun 2020

Study uncovers new risk genes for problematic alcohol use

Study uncovers new risk genes for problematic alcohol use

Do you have what is known as problematic alcohol use? Then statistically you will also be particularly genetically predisposed to develop e.g. depression and insomnia. And to become dependent on drugs and tobacco. This is shown by a new international study in which researchers from iPSYCH are involved.

8 Jun 2020

New method imitates how plants produce hormones

New method imitates how plants produce hormones

Plants produce the hormone jasmonic acid as a defense response when challenged. This is how they ensure that their predators no longer like the taste of their leaves.

1 Jun 2020

Study uncovers how innate cellular system triggers defense response in plants

Study uncovers how innate cellular system triggers defense response in plants

In nature, every species must be equipped with a strategy to be able to survive in response to danger. Plants, too, have innate systems that are triggered in response to a particular threat, such as insects feeding on them.

8 May 2020

Study shows how mutational signatures are shaped by DNA repair pathways

Study shows how mutational signatures are shaped by DNA repair pathways

A research team has examined more than 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms to gain a better understanding on the causes responsible for mutations.

4 May 2020

DNA Damage And Faulty Repair Jointly Cause Mutations

DNA Damage And Faulty Repair Jointly Cause Mutations

Researchers at EMBL-EBI analyzed over 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms in order to better understand the causes of mutations.

4 May 2020

Engineers Develop Precision Injection System For Plants

Engineers Develop Precision Injection System For Plants

While the human world is reeling from one pandemic, there are several ongoing epidemics that affect crops and put global food production at risk.

28 Apr 2020

Bio-factory plant available to researchers to help combat COVID-19

Bio-factory plant available to researchers to help combat COVID-19

At present, the Nicotiana benthamiana plant is being used as a bio-factory for various experimental vaccines against SARS-COV-2.

14 Apr 2020

Statistics used to find how genetics influence coffee intake

Statistics used to find how genetics influence coffee intake

Some people feel like drinking three cups of coffee in a day while others feel content with just one cup, and some others give up entirely. Why is it so?

9 Mar 2020

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